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L. E. W A I'TE I I WHEEL Filed Jan. 3. 192a I N VEN TOR.

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' UNITED v{-," e", f EPATEtrrl;-orifice LORENZO, E. WAITE, or Enin, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR mo ERIE-"MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY, or ERIE]; PENNSYLVANIA,

A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA WHEEL Application filed January 3, 1928. Serial. No. 244,110.

The present invention relates tO WllGQlS having spider-forming spokes usually of a malleable cast'iron and a felloe formed of sheet metal. Such Wheels present somead vantages particularly as tolightness of con-- v struction. Some ditliculties have been e perienced in properly uniting the felloe with the spokes The present invention 1sdirected more particularly ,to themanner of connecting the spokes with the felloe. Features and details of the invention Will appear from the specification and claims.

A preferred embod'ment of the wheel forming theinvention lSdllllSllIflilQtl in the accompanying drawings as follows Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a partially and a Wall conforming to the edge of completed Wheel. a I g Fig. 2 an end vieivof one of the spokes. Fig. 3 a central section through a felloe an d spoke prior to the attaclnnent of thespoke to the felloe. g r f 1 Fig i a section on the line 44 in 1.. Fig. 5 a plan view'o'l a portion of a felloe immediately over" a spoke. V

Fig. 6 a section ontheline 6'6 in Fig. 5. 3 The Wheel spider comprises thehub 1 and spokes 2. Thespokes'are ordinarily pro-' vided With openings 3 to .reduce the Weight; The spokes are provided With ears 4 extending laterally from then ends. .Preferably 'my hand.

parts. Further the sinking of the edges of the ear into the felloe makes it possible to make a comparatively smooth joint between the ends of th'espoke and the felloe. 1

'l/Vliat I claim as new is 1." In a Wheel, thecombination o'lf'a felloe and spokeswithin the 'felloe each of said spokes having a laterally extending ear'at its end extending into an opening in the felloe;

said opening having a Wall conforming to the edge of the ear. l r y r Ina Wheel, the combination of a felloe;

and spokes Withinthe *felloe each of said spokeshaving a laterally extending ear at its I end-extending into an opening in the felloe,

said opening having an over-extending lip 3. In a Wheel, the combination of felloe;

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ears at its end extending into openingsin the V felloe, said openings having Walls contorm-j L ing to the edges of the ears.

In testlmony whereof I have hereunto set these are opposedi and preferably extendcircumferentially of the felloe. v

A felloe 5 is preferably of channel shape having the sidesG and 7 and the inner periphery, or base plate 8. One oi the sides, usually has a beveled edge 9 for receivng a tire rim. 3 i

- In assembling the; Wheel, the spider 'is placed Within the felloefiheends ofthe spokes v. I

engaging the inner'periphery ofthe felloe.

The ears are then'forced outwardlyinto the the felloe and force the ears ma; an opening 7 10 thus formed. The edges of-"the Walls oi the openings have a contour exactly and intimately fitting'the edges ofthe ears. and the there is a very substantial assembly of the I LORENZO WAITE. 

